Matthew Herbert announces Herbert Complete

The celebrated UK artist will release a 130 track collection of his house-orientated productions in March.

Matthew Herbert will release an exhaustive 130-track retrospective of his house-leaning work as Herbert.

Entitled Herbert Complete, the release is being billed as a "comprehensive overview" of the material Herbert produced from 1996 and 2006 under his surname. The digital-only release has been divided into five different sections, with a collection of rarities and out-of-print material called Early Herbert followed by repackaged editions of the 100lbs, Around The House, Bodily Functions and Scale albums.

Each album contains additional material, including B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes from the likes of Plaid, DJ Koze, Mr. Oizo and Recloose. The "boxset" will be released digitally through Herbert's own Accidental label, with photos, video links and other visuals included alongside the music, which has been remastered by Mandy Parnell.

The Herbert material forms just one part of the Englishman's voluminous back catalogue, which ranges from his Big Band material to jazz and experimental techno. Last year saw him release an album, One Pig, recorded solely from the sounds made by a pig he followed from birth to butchery and the dinner table. In 2012 he was also announced as the head of the BBC's newly relaunched Radiophonic Workshop.

Around The HouseOriginal:
01. (-)
02. So Now…
03. Around The House
04. Close To Me
05. The Last Beat
06. Gong Round
07. This Time
08. We Still Have (the music)
09. In The Kitchen
10. Never Give Up
11. We Go Wrong

Bodily FunctionsOriginal:
01. You're Unknown To Me
02. It's Only
03. Foreign Bodies
04. Suddenly
05. I Know
06. Leave Me Now
07. The Last Beat
08. You Saw It All
09. On Reflection
10. About This Time Each Day
11. Addiction
12. I Miss You
13. It's Only A Reprise
14. The Audience

ScaleOriginal:
01. Something Isn't Right
02. The Movers And The Shakers
03. Moving Like A Train
04. Harmonise
05. We're In Love
06. Birds Of A Feather
07. Those Feelings
08. Down
09. Movie Star
10. Just Once
11. Wrong

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Matthew Herbert is a musician and producer working predominantly in the field of electronic music. Known for ignoring the boundaries and mangling the conventions traditionally associated with the genre, he is one of the few independently-minded artists to have made a considerable impact on both media and public while striving to be innovative and experimental. View the full artist profile